A big-screen adaptation of the harrowing Thai cave rescue now has a director

Reuters

• British filmmaker Tom Waller will direct, The Cave, a feature film he wrote about the dramatic rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach from a flooding cave in Thailand
• Waller was born in Bangkok, Thailand. He previously directed Monk Dawson, Mindfulness and Murder, and The Last Executioner, which were both set in Thailand and met with critical acclaim.

• The movie is slated to begin shooting in November. 

In another hot package unveiled for buyers here in Toronto, Tom Waller is set to direct his script The Cave, a drama about the harrowing rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team, after 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach got trapped earlier this summer in the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.

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